Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-03-18
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.


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There are many in the country near by
who are looking upon the attempt which .
Grattlehoro is making 10 improve her mar
kcts and trade generally with much inter
est. aud with the hope that it may prove n
,uccess. For some time they have felt the
need Of this il Brattleboro has not and
large amount Of produce has been sent to
other POINTS whose natural outlet is Brattle
horo One Of these products is maple syrup
Three business firms at Wilmington and
West Dover have bought within the pnst
wear 81, 900 gallons Of maple syrup Now
doubt if all of the dealers in Brattleboro
have bought that amount in the last five
years Much of this syrup has been drawn
over the hills from Newfane, East Dover.
Marlboro and Nottingham directly away
from Brattleboro and the railroad. Now
why is this Simply because the men who
buy are willing to live and let others live.
The man who takes Il few gallons of svrup
to Brattlehoro usually thinks himself lucky
if he can sell it for as much as they pay al
home. 20 miles back from the railroad. and
usually has to take his pay in trade then.
have known times when he could not do
even that, and he has drawn it back home
again. Now we trust that this will he rem
rdicd But we doubt the remedy being
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market, taking out two commissions and
freight, and then if anything is left the
farmer can have it.
Now this 30 900 gallons has all of it been
bought at an agreed-upun price and paid
for mostly in cash, and until Bruttleboro
parties are ready to do this we doubt their
success. The same applies to other pro
ducts, We find the Wholesale price Of pota.
toes. according to The Phoenix, tn he 80 and
~ cents and now Mr.. Miner. the only
man i'm Brattlcburo who has sand enough to
pay cash for II bushel, will pay on market
DAY 10 cents. 1t certainly looks as though
he did not intend to run much risk when
they are worth 20 and - cents in one of
the nearest cities (New England Homestead
quotations at HARTFORD. a man thinks him
self fortunate to get - cents in trade of
grocer hut when he gets home and finds
that he has drawn his flour over the hills
~ miles for nothing, has paid : cents a
pound for granulated sugar by the barrel
when he could get it ut home for g. and
can get phosphate delivered to him for :
per cent less than he had to pay in Blattlc
hnru in talking Of his bargains he is liable
to use some adjcctivcs, il he is that kind ul
"A man
We think it very thoughtful in Colonel
Hooker and MIR. lIuwley to furnish free
horse feed aud dinner for it there is II
man who has sold load Of potatoes 10 II
grocer during the past winter and got cash
enough to pay for them, we would like to
hear from him. for one prefer to pay for
my dinner at the Brooks House rather than
to live ON charity.
When we open the papers great induce
mcnts are held out in nearly every adver
tisemcnt for trade on market day. Yet the
boot and shoe dealers are hound together
not to sell n pair of Woonsocket gum rubber
boots for less than S3.2j. while all they ask
at home is -. II.
Now let MS see what we make by going to
Brattlehoro 90 trade. Transfers charge Us
- cents a hundred FOR carting We take
POTATOES and sell them from 10 to IL cents u
bushc less than they are worth at wholesale
according to The Phoenix Flour. when ",
get home, costs us 30 cents barrel more
-ranulated sugar -. 80 if small, SO - il
large, barrel Phosphate $3.50 ton
and other goods may he in the same proper
ton, hut give no figures but what | cai
prove. Now is not this paying pretty wei
for the privilege of trading in Brattleboro
And as | said in the beginning, we are look
ing with interest upon the attempt to i'm
prove, but it looks like hard task unit
YOU either raise up or import some trader
who are willing to live and let live Take,
and interest have to be paid in cash nut
megs won't pay them and when, as a few
DAYS ago, one of our farmers sold load o
produce to one of your leading grocers, and
after buying everything he needed in hi
line of goods, desired the sum of two dol
lars, the amount then due, as to get som'
goods needed at dry goods store, is toll,
that they did not deal in money, we thinl
- e.. 70 hon rIs q,
trade and a market day.
ONE Nun IVES OI-rSInE.